Get Your Geek On: Cyclepedia iPad App

So there you are, bored and bloated after Christmas dinner with a stocking full of iTunes gift cards, and a couple days of family time ahead of you. What's a bike dork to do?

Try zoning out with Heuristic Media's excellent new Cyclepedia iPad—a multimedia version of its coffee table book that's sure to keep any bike rider worth his or her salt entertained for hours. The app is available now on iTunes for $9.99. Sure, many of the 100 historically significant bikes contained in the app are of the ancient, skinny-tire variety. And while the scope of the book is certainly from a distinctly UK/Euro perspective, on the whole scrolling through this app is like strolling through a bicycle museum from the comfort of your own Barcalounger. With an introduction by Paul Smart, Cyclepedia offers a chronological, evolutionary look at the origins of the most glorious contraption ever made. Check out the teaser below for a taste of the sweet encyclopedic cycling action. Now, if they'd only make one of these for mountain bikes....